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Xenopus laevis stage series: complete

If your link results in this page taking too long to download (it takes about 4 seconds using a Mac G4) stages are split between three pages to cut download times (links to each are available in the navigation table above). Digitized imagesand developmental data from Nieuwkoop and Faber (1994) Normal Table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin). Garland Publishing Inc, New York ISBN 0-8153-1896-0.

Click on the small images to download large files, all are jpg format and approximately 0.1 MB in size.

Copyright © 1994 Pieter D. Nieuwkoop and J. Faber. Digital images created by Matt Cockerill and Peter Vize.

Stage 1 (egg), animal view

Stage 1 (egg), dorsal view

 Stage 1 (egg), ventral view

Stage 2 (2-cell)

1 hr 30 min post-fert (pf) @ 23°C

Stage 2 (2-cell) ventral view

1 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 3 (4-cell) animal view

2 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 3 (4-cell) animal view

2 hr ' pf @ 23°C

Stage 4 (8cell) animal view

2 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 4 (8 cell) dorso-lateral view

2 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 5 (16 cell) animal view

2 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 5 (16 cell) dorsal view

2 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 6(32 cell) animal view

3 hr @ 23°C

Stage 6.5 blastula, animal view

3 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 6.5 blastula, dorsal view

3 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 6.5 blastula, ventral view

3 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 7 blastula, animal view

4 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 7 blastula, dorsal view

4 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 7 blastula, ventral view

4 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 8 blastula, animal view

5 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 8 blastula, dorsal view

5 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 8 blastula, ventral view

5 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 9 blastula, vegetal view

7 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 10 early gastrula, veg view

9 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 10.5, vegetal view

11 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 10.5, vegetal view

11 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 11, vegetal view

11 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 11.5, vegetal view

12 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 12, vegetal view

13 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 12.5, posterior-dorsal view

14 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 13, posterior-dorsal view

14 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 14, posterior-dorsal view

16 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 14, lateral view

16 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 15, posterior-dorsal view

17 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 15, anetrior view

17 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 16, anterior view

18 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 16, posterior-dorsal view

18 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 17, anterior view

18 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 17, posterior-dorsal view

18 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 18, anterior view

19 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 19, dorsal view

20 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 19, anterior view

20 hr 45min pf @ 23°C

Stage 20, dorsal view

21 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 20, anterior view

21 hr 45 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 21, dorsal view

22 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 21, anterior view

22 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 22, dorsal view

24 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 22, lateral view

24 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 23, dorsal view

1 day, 45 minutes pf @ 23°C

Stage 23, lateral view

1 day, 45 minutes pf @ 23°C

Stage 24, dorsal view

1 day, 2 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 24, lateral view

1 day, 2 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 25, dorsal view

1 day, 3 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 25, lateral view

1 day, 3 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 26, dorsal view

1 day, 5 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 26, lateral view

1 day, 5 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 27, dorsal view

1 day, 7 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 27, lateral view

1 day, 7 hr 15 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 28, dorsal view

1 day, 8 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 28, lateral view

1 day, 8 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C
scale of images shifts at this point

Stage 29-30, lateral view

1 day, 11 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 31, lateral view

1 day, 13 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 32, lateral view

1 day, 16 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 33-34, lateral view

1 day, 20 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 35-36, lateral view

2 days, 2 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 37-38, lateral view

2 days, 5 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 39, lateral view

2 days, 8 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C

Stage 40, lateral view

2 days, 18 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 41, lateral view

3 days, 4 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage41, ventral view

3 days, 4 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 42, lateral view

3 days, 8 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage42, ventral view

3 days, 8 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage43, lateral view

3 days, 15 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage43, ventral view

3 days, 15 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 45, lateral view

4 days, 2 hr pf @ 23°C

Stage 46, lateral view

4 days, 10 hr pf @ 23°C
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